Petition · past parliament

Scrap fees for student nurses spending their final training fighting COVID 19

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Student nurse, the future of nursing, have been hit in recent years with the removal of the bursary and the introduction of uni fees. I call on the government to scrap the final year fees for students who choose to carry out their final 6 months in placement fighting Covid19 with nurse colleagues.
Student nurses are an invaluable part of the multi disciplinary team as well as the future of nursing. Every nurse has been a student Nurse but none have been through what these students have had thrown at them; the removal of the bursary & the introduction of student fees. Now we ask that they consider spending their last 6 months of training in placement, working alongside nurses and medics, fighting the largest pandemic the world has seen in a generation while still paying student fees

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

21 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
20 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Apr 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.